17–22 May 2026
C.I.D
Europe/Zurich timezone

Analytical solutions for particle tracking in planar crystal channelling

WEP5086
20 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC5.D11: Code Developments and Simulation Techniques Poster session

Speaker

Silke Van der Schueren (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Description

Planar particle channelling describes the motion of high-
energy particles trapped in the potential well formed by
crystal lattice planes, allowing their trajectories to be de-
flected in a controlled manner. Within the Molière approx-
imation, which incorporates atomic screening and thermal
vibrations, this motion is typically either approximated by
a harmonic potential or evaluated numerically. Here, we
propose a simplified Molière model that yields closed-form
analytical solutions expressed through Jacobi elliptic func-
tions. To extend the treatment to bent crystals, symplectic
integrators are applied to the equations of motion, ensuring
accuracy and long-term stability through symplecticity. This
semi-analytical approach to evaluate bent channelling has
been benchmarked against existing numerical methods, and
the optimal configuration has been integrated into Xsuite’s
Xcoll package.

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Author

Anastasia Iliopoulou (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Co-authors

Bjorn Lindstrom (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Dora Veres (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Frederik Van der Veken (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Silke Van der Schueren (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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